Three days later.

The weather is sunny, with blue skies and white clouds, and a fresh breeze.

Zhong Yan and Yu Qingyao left the mansion, rode out of the city from the north gate, and joined the team of the bandits this time on a flat land two miles outside the city.

The mansion was guarded by Su Yunxi, who was at the peak of the second layer of qi refining, and Gu Baiyu and Wen Yongshan, who were at the third level of qi refining, participated as an experience.

Martial artists, in addition to the dozens of congenital and acquired ones selected by the Zhongfu Martial Arts Hall, ten congenital realms were also transferred from the Li Mansion, a total of fifty people.

In addition, the two hundred government army sergeants dispatched by the City Lord's Mansion are all in the Heaven After Heaven realm.

"Master Zhong! Immortal Master Yu! ”

Hou Mingjue, who was in the sixfold realm of martial arts and was wearing silver armor, stepped forward quickly, and greeted him with a smile and a fist.

"General Hou has been waiting for a long time."

Zhong Yan smiled and arched his hand.

When Xue Shanhu was destroyed at the beginning, because the other party had been guarding outside the Zhong Mansion, the two sides had a good friendship, which could be regarded as half of Zhong Yanan's eyeliner by Qin Ben's side.

Hou Mingjue said with a smile: "According to the tip, everything is normal, the Xiaobaifeng Mountain bandits have been living in the mountains recently, and they have not been dispatched. ”

Zhong Yan nodded, and glanced at the neatly lined soldiers not far away, all of them wearing battle armor, fully armed, and imposing.

Each sergeant had a small crossbow pinned to his waist.

Different from ordinary arrows and crossbows, these strong crossbows are engraved with complex runes on the fuselage - they are standard weapons for the imperial court, and they are forbidden by the people, and they are called runes.

The talisman crossbow is made by a refiner, with a spirit trough inside, and a spirit stone is added, and with spells, mortals can also be urged, and the lethality is powerful, making it easier to break through the monk's defenses.

Standard weapons such as crossbows with inscriptions on runes are naturally frowned upon by monks who possess magic weapons.

However, it is difficult for ordinary warriors to use it, and it can only be bought at a high price on the black market.

Even the official army is very small.

For example, in Qingyang City, Zhong Yan speculated from the information obtained that there were no more than 3,000 pairs, but if it was replaced by the Praetorian Guards in the capital, one piece would naturally be in his hands, including other blades such as war halberds, all of which were talismans with runes inscribed.

It can be seen that Qin Ben has shown enough sincerity for this crackdown on bandits.

Like the ordinary monks of the Hakka Mansion who went out to eliminate demons, they only sent ordinary soldiers to cooperate.

Zhong Yan handed over the talismans used by mortals that he had refined in the past few days to Yan Sandao and Zhou Yunning, and asked them to distribute them to many martial artists.

After a little rectification, the march set off, and the speed was not fast and dissatisfied.

Zhong Fu and the others rode in front, Zhong Yan looked left and right and asked, "Have you ever killed anyone?" ”

Obviously, this is Gu Baiyu and Wen Yongshan, Yu Qingyao, Yan Sandao, and Zhou Yunning have all fought with Zhong Yan.

The two glanced at each other, and Gu Baiyu said simply and clearly: "Yes." ”

Although her cultivation is low, she has killed more than one number of monks, and if Zhong Yan knew the specifics, she would definitely take a second look.

Zhong Yan had ordered Yang Liu'er to send someone to her hometown to investigate, get some basic information, and make sure that she was not lying.

As for her experience of going out after leaving her hometown, there is no way to know.

But a little girl has come to the present alone, and she has suffered a lot.

Wen Yongshan is a native of Youye, with a pair of eyes faintly shining with a light blue luster, very charming, thin body, and a black power suit showing slender curves.

After arriving at Zhongfu, his suppressed and introverted personality gradually released, straightforward and lively.

She smiled: "Not yet, the concubine has killed two first-order demon beasts during her training, but I have seen the killing scene, so I shouldn't be nervous." ”

After a pause, she then smiled and asked, "Husband, what about you?" ”

"I'm ......"

Zhong Yan smiled and did not continue.

But he remembered very well that after crossing the Xianwu Continent, he killed thirty-nine people with his own hands, nine mortals, and the rest were monks.

Among the monks, the disciples of the Fire Cloud Sect accounted for half.

If you count those who didn't do it themselves but died because of themselves, then there are countless people, and there are hundreds of Xue Mansion martial artists who were once in Qingyang City alone.

Yan Sandao asked out loud: "Husband, is there a plan for suppressing bandits this time?" ”

Zhong Yan said domineeringly: "No, attack directly." ”

However, there are four ordinary casual cultivators, and the highest Qi refining is the peak of the seventh layer.

He was confident in his combat power, with the 'Great Void Technique', and a large number of talismans around him, he could kill four people alone without Yu Qingyao's help.

Ugly in the wee hours of the morning.

The group approached Mayao Village, the closest village to Xiaobaifeng.

did not enter the village to disturb the people, and stopped in the wild to rest and eat.

Zhong Yan and Hou Mingjue talked about the plan, Zhong Fu was responsible for going up the mountain to kill the bandits, and two hundred soldiers surrounded and guarded the road at the entrance down the mountain.

Hou Mingjue hesitated and said: "Xiaobai Peak is steep, cliffs on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, except for the road up the mountain, there is a steep cliff ladder behind, each can assign fifty people, and the rest of the people and horses follow you up the mountain, isn't it more secure?" ”

Zhong Yan looked 'arrogant', "No need, Zhong Fu can solve it by itself!" When the time comes, there will be laborers cleaning up the battlefield, and you can't run in vain. ”

For him, this is not only a task to accumulate merit, but also an opportunity for his subordinates to experience.

Death is inevitable, and only after bloody killings can you grow quickly and become a real powerhouse.

"This ......" Hou Mingjue hesitated for a moment and said, "It's okay, if there is an emergency, the mage will summon you at any time." ”

Half an hour later.

Everyone rushed towards Xiaobaifeng at night, and arrived before Chenshi.

The sky was just light and foggy.

I saw the mountains in front of me undulating, and on a high mountain in the middle, there were faint houses made of wood and stone, scattered at random, and the sporadic lights were dim.

Yan Sandao, who was in good shape, sneaked back and nodded, indicating that the dark whistle had been solved.

I waited for a stick of incense.

Hou Mingjue walked over and said, "Master Zhong, the back cliff is guarded, and Mrs. Zhou has already led the team to climb up." ”

Zhong Yan bowed his head and waved his hand forward.

One by one, warriors in strong suits rushed from all directions.

Yu Qingyao threw out the 'Qingyun Sword', saw the wind rising, and carried Zhong Yan's three monks and Yan Sandao into the air and went straight to the most conspicuous stone hall.

After a while, the shouts of killing suddenly started.

The mountain bandits who were attacked by the sneak attack were caught off guard, and they rushed to meet the enemy, and more than ten people were slaughtered in one shot.

High in the sky.

Yan Sandao had already pasted a light talisman on his body, and activated the mantra, and saw a bandit warrior below who resisted his three warriors, and jumped directly from a position more than twenty meters high.

During the volley turnover, she first slashed away with a knife, and then held the Pu knife with both hands and slashed down vertically with the momentum of Mount Tai.

Swords and axes strike each other.

Bell ~ Boom!

The momentum sank, crushing the scalp who was blocking with an axe to the point that his calf did not fall to the ground.

Wen Yongshan's eyes flashed brightly, and she couldn't help but say: "Sister Sandao is so fierce!" ”

Zhong Yan glanced at it, released his divine sense to scan, and quickly determined the target, the four monks were all in the stone hall in front of them, and they had already heard the movement and rushed out.

The leading seventh-layer peak monk was a middle-aged man with a big face, his face changed drastically, and he blurted out: "Zhong Yan! ”

Qingyang City is a mage, and the 'fierce ape' has a good reputation, and there are really few people who don't recognize it in the Qingyang area.

"Master Zhong, why is this, Liang didn't offend you!"

But Zhong Yan didn't know the four people who were waiting in front of him, and said with a smile: "You and other bandits, burning, killing and looting, their crimes can be punished, now they are ordered by the emperor of the capital to go up the mountain to suppress the bandits, if Liang Daoyou is acquainted, he should be able to make a difference, maybe Zhong can still find a way for you to survive." ”

The Liang bandit leader's eyes flickered, and he scanned the battles everywhere below, and it was determined that there were only four monks in the sky, and after secretly communicating with his three companions, he snorted coldly.

"Just the four of you, I'm afraid it's not enough to see!"

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